Attitudes towards protecting Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff from violence and aggression: a survey of adults in Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the Welsh public's views of violence and aggression (V&A) directed at EMS (emergency medical services) staff, awareness of policy changes and the reach of media campaigns.

Design/setting/participants

Survey involving non-probabilistic purposive sampling of 1010 Wales adults (aged 18+) from a matched panel, representative of the population, derived from a UK YouGov panel of >360 000 adults registered.

Results

Most (62.5%) participants had heard of V&A directed towards EMS staff; 81.1% had heard about it through the media. 21.0% of participants had witnessed V&A towards EMS staff; younger participants were more likely to have witnessed an incident 18.7% via a social setting and 81.1% through the media. 90.4% disagreed with the statement that V&A tow

SUBMITTER: Rees N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035453 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature